Geminid Meteor Shower 2017
The Geminid meteor shower is generally acknowledged to be the most active meteor shower of the year with rates of about 120 meteors per hour.… Read More »Geminid Meteor Shower 2017
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Leonid Meteor Shower at Topaz Lake
The Leonid meteor shower isn’t one of the stronger of the fairly well known meteor showers, all the more reason to take on the challenge… Read More »Leonid Meteor Shower at Topaz Lake
5 incredible stargazing spots in California’s Eastern Sierra
Thanks to the San Jose Mercury News for using several of my photos to illustrate their article on viewing the night sky in the Eastern… Read More »5 incredible stargazing spots in California’s Eastern Sierra
Perseid Meteor Shower 2016
I’ve been chasing every meteor shower that I could see with my camera since 2009. This year’s Perseid meteor shower was one of the best… Read More »Perseid Meteor Shower 2016
Eastern Sierra Photography Workshop in June
“The Traveler sees what he sees. The Tourist sees what he has come to see.” – G.K. Chesterton The first week of June is amazing for… Read More »Eastern Sierra Photography Workshop in June
May the Fourth Be With You!
Jedi Knights practice their light saber skills at sunset on a Santa Monica beach, December 2009. May the 4th be with you! (Uploaded May 4.)… Read More »May the Fourth Be With You!
Why Are Meteors More Frequent After Midnight?
In short, where you are on earth rotates around to the front of the Earth’s path through space at midnight, so the sky above you… Read More »Why Are Meteors More Frequent After Midnight?
Top 10 Travel Photos: 2014
Milky Way rising behind the Standard Mill in Bodie, California Continuing the retrospective look at my last decade of travel and landscape photography, 2006 –… Read More »Top 10 Travel Photos: 2014
Meteors with Venus, Jupiter & Mars in Zodiacal Light
Who saw or photographed some Orionid meteors over the last night or two? In the photo above, a meteor crosses over the path of Venus,… Read More »Meteors with Venus, Jupiter & Mars in Zodiacal Light
Orionid Meteor Shower Peaks Tonight!
An Orionid meteor next to the constellation Orion The annual Orionid meteor shower is created when Earth passes through trails of comet debris left in… Read More »Orionid Meteor Shower Peaks Tonight!